Ashe Short writes for Just the News about taxpayers picking up the student-loan tab for people working against the public interest.
U.S. taxpayers are paying off the student loans of those who go to work for nonprofits, even nonprofits one wouldn’t consider a charity, or whose mission doesn’t align with many taxpayers’ values.
The Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program allows those who work for a U.S. federal, state, local, tribal government, the military, or qualifying nonprofit organizations to have their student loans forgiven after making 120 qualifying payments.
“Qualifying employment for PSLF isn’t about the specific job that you do for your employer—it’s about who you work for,” the PSLF website says. While many taxpayers might agree with providing the benefit to accept military service, public safety, health and disability work, or even early childhood education as public service, the PSLF program allows those at many radical organizations designated as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3)s to have their student loans forgiven.
This includes States United Democracy Center, which Just The News previously reported has been working with Democratic attorneys general across the country to prosecute President Donald Trump’s supporters.
Dompet Dhuafa USA employees are also eligible for student loan forgiveness. Dompet’s main organization has apparent ties to designated terrorist groups, Just The News previously reported, including openly calling Hamas “freedom fighters” immediately after the Oct. 7, 2023, atrocities in Israel.
The PSLF website says for-profit organizations, labor unions, and “partisan political organizations” are ineligible for the program, but the “partisan” label only applies to groups formally affiliated with a political party or one designed to support a political candidate or party policies, normally designated by the Internal Revenue Service as 501(c)(4). This means that employees at the Center for American Progress, a known left-leaning organization, with a 501(c)(3) status can benefit from the program.
